Remains of Babasakimon Gate - Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
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N 35° 40.707 E 139° 45.636
54S E 387841 N 3948992
Information board indicates that the Babasakimon Gate was here.
Waymark Code: WM16MVE
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date Posted: 08/30/2022
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Babasaki Gate was built in 1629 by Nagaaki Asano, the first lord of the Hiroshima domain, and others.
The name of the gate was derived from the fact that the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, had a visit to the gate's stable to see a Korean envoy's curved horse. "Baba" means the horse so that they named this place "Baba Saki Mon". The northern side of the bridge is Babasaki moat, and the southern side is Hibiya moat.
In 1906, the gate was removed because many people were killed or injured in the lantern festival to celebrate the victory in the Russo-Japanese War. Today, only a portion of the stone wall remains.
The text on the marker describes;
It is said that the gate (baba = horse area, saki = in front) is derived from the horse-riding area (baba) inside, or that it came to be called the Chosen Baba (Korean riding area) in the Kan'ei period (1624-1644) because the Shogun (the military leader of Japan) watched equestrian feats performed by Korean envoys here. The gate was constructed in 1629. The Masugata Gate, an area for soldiers to gather, enclosed by a stone wall, was removed in 1906.
After the Meiji Restoration (1868), the area from Nijubashi Bridge, past the gate to Marunouchi become the center of Tokyo, and even now, the reconstructed Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, the Meiji Seimei Kan Building, and the remains of the Tokyo Prefectural Office Building stand in Marunouchi.
Group that erected the marker: Chiyoda-City
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
1
Koukyo Gaien
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo JAPAN
100-0002
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